Barges

Saigon River

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Cranes are moved around on barges in the Saigon River as a new bridge is constructed over the river somewhere in South Vietnam.

Scene Along the Volga River Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

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Riverfront view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River after leaving Stalingrad. A river barge is in view. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

A river barge named "Harry Truman"

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Named "Harry Truman," a barge is shown floating down the river, probably the Mississippi, as "St. Louis" is printed on the rear below Truman's name. (Original in oversize drawer) From: Truman Home.

View of Hannibal Bridge on the Kansas River during the 1951 flood

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View of the Hannibal Bridge on the Kansas River, Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1951 flood showing Federal Barge Lines barges butting up against the bridge. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.